He descended from the Prices
of Albion, Michigan –
a humble lineage if any.
He
descended the Mississippi river
to the namesake state:
a dry, yankee fish;
descended from a radar technician
to a night watchman,
from a full-fingered man
to an amputee,
from a boisterous firebrand who played
a mean hand of Spades
to a wafer in a hospital bed,
gagging at the
wretched
machines.
Then, he finally ascended.
“There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.” – Revelation 22:5